Hospital infection terminology is explained as follows:
Hospital infections are infections that occur in hospitals that occur during the course of a patient's medical treatment or after the patient has left the healthcare facility. Hospital-acquired infections are an important healthcare safety issue that not only prolongs patient hospitalization and increases the cost of treatment, but can also lead to serious complications and death.
The following are some commonly used terms and explanations related to hospital-acquired infections:
1. It is usually calculated as the number of infections occurring per 1,000 patient days of hospitalization.
2. Source of infection: refers to the source of pathogens that cause hospital-acquired infections, which can be medical equipment, healthcare workers, and patients themselves.
3. Infection route: refers to the pathway of pathogens invading the human body, including the respiratory tract, digestive tract, blood, skin and so on.
4. Infection control: refers to the control of the occurrence and spread of hospital-acquired infections by taking preventive measures. Including hand hygiene, disinfection, isolation, preventive medicine and other measures.
5. Isolation: refers to the isolation of patients in a separate room or area to prevent the spread of infection.
6. Disinfection: refers to the process of killing pathogens by chemical or physical means, including hand disinfection and sterilization of objects.
7. Prophylactic medication: refers to the prophylactic use of antibiotics or other medications for high-risk groups in the absence of infection to prevent the development of infection.
8. Medical device-related infections: refers to infections that occur during the use of medical devices, such as catheter-related infections and surgical site infections.
9. Cross-infection: refers to the situation where patients spread infections to each other in the hospital, such as multiple infections of the same pathogen in the ward.
10. Infection control committee: refers to a specialized agency established within a hospital to develop and monitor hospital infection control policies and measures to ensure effective control of hospital infections.
The above are some commonly used terms and explanations related to hospital-acquired infections. Healthcare organizations and medical staff need to pay close attention to the occurrence and spread of hospital-acquired infections, and take effective measures to prevent and control them.